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Selected educational podcasts from experts in perioperative medicine

Podcasts

14 May 2014

UCL – Why Anaesthesia? Trainees' Views

Thinking of a career in Anaesthesia? We spoke to several Trainee Anaesthetists about why they went into Anaesthesia and what they felt the good points and drawbacks were.

2 May 2014

UCL – Basics of the Intensive Care Unit

This is an introductory guide to intensive care.

4 April 2014

UCL – Why Anaesthesia? Consultants' Views

Thinking of a career in Anaesthesia? We spoke to several Consultant Anaesthetists about why they went into Anaesthesia and what they felt the good points and drawbacks were.

1 April 2014

BJA – Fluid responsiveness: an evolution in our understanding

Fluid therapy is a central tenet of both anaesthetic and intensive care practice, and has been a solid performer in the medical armamentarium for over 150 years. However, mounting evidence from both surgical and medical populations is starting to demonstrate that we may be doing more harm than good by infusing solutions of varying tonicity and pH into the arms of our patients. As anaesthetists we arguably monitor our patient's response to fluid-based interventions more closely than most, but in emergency departments and on intensive care units this monitoring me be unavailable or misleading. For this podcast Dr Paul Marik, Professor and Division Chief of Pulmonary Critical Care at Eastern Virginia Medical Center delivers a masterclass on the physiology of fluid optimisation, tells us which monitors to believe and importantly under which circumstances, and reviews some of the current literature and thinking on fluid responsiveness.

April 2014 || Volume 112 - Issue 4 || 43 Minutes

1 March 2014

BJA – Post-operative Cognitive Decline

Post-operative cognitive decline (POCD) has been detected in some studies in up to 50% patients undergoing major surgery. With an ageing population and an increasing number of elective surgeries, POCD may represent a major public health problem. However POCD research is complex and difficult to perform, and the current literature may not tell the full story. Dr Rob Sanders from the Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience at UCL talks to us about the methodological limitations of previous studies and the important concept of a cognitive trajectory. In addition, Dr Sanders discusses the risk factors and role of inflammation in causing brain injury, and reveals the possibility that certain patients may in fact undergo post-operative cognitive improvement (POCI).

March 2014 || Volume 112 - Issue 3 || 20 Minutes

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